Product Details

• Actors: Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla
• Directors: Aziz Mirza
• Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: Hindi, English, Arabic
• Subtitles: English, Arabic, Tamil
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: UTV Home Entertainement
• DVD Release Date: October 13, 2008
• Run Time: 155 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001G941VS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,590 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Kismat Konnection - DVD" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars so-so konnection, February 11, 2009

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H. Bala "Me Too Can Read" (Just moved to posh Marina Del Rey, CA - where if you drop a quarter, why, you just keep on walking) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kismat Konnection - DVD (DVD)

For fans of Shahid Kapoor, KISMAT KONNECTION is a bit of a letdown after the heights achieved by Jab We Met - DVD. This one tells of an NRI romance, this time taking place in Toronto, Canada - and, incidentally, isn't it funny that, in every Bollywood flick staged somewhere other than India, each random person the main characters meet on the street is still able to speak Hindi?

Architect Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor), a standout pupil in college, just cannot get play in his profession. Still waiting for that big career break, Raj instead for the past few years has suffered a string of ridiculous bad luck. Consulting a fortune teller, he is advised to seek out his lucky charm... and then to keep it safely with him (well, duh!). Meanwhile, Raj keeps running into this aggravating girl, Priya (Vidya Balan) - and it's only after a while that it strikes him finally that, in her vicinity, fortune seems to favor him.

Meanwhile, we follow a side-plot concerning Raj pursuing a contract with a construction company. The caveat is that this company intends to supplant a community center with a shopping mall, and that Priya is championing the preservation of this community center. Which leaves Raj in a muddle.

The surface premise may be about Raj finding and holding on to his lucky charm, but, clearly, the dominant theme is: does love win out over ambition? So KISMAT KONNECTION is a love story. Thing is, the film does suffer somewhat because the romance is done by the numbers and because of the lack of sizzle between Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan. And that last part can be murder. With the huge influx of Bollywood flicks and the overt sameness of their plots, more often than not, it's the compatibility of the two leads which makes or breaks the movie. Although not as memorable as he was in JAB WE MET, Shahid Kapoor is the clear star of this movie and remains a likeable actor. As for Vidya Balan, I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something just a bit off. I guess I'll play the shallow card and say that, while Vidya is pretty and a good actress, she just doesn't get to me like other actresses in Indian cinema (Genelia D'Souza, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, etc.). Also, the unexceptional story elements fall into a routine pattern. Just one example of the film's predictability features Bollywood's obsession with outrageous coincidences as you're able to easily figure out the identity of that old man, to whom Priya frequently waves across the waters, given also that it's a significant character actor (Boman Irani) playing him.

KISMAT KONNECTION starts off with a voiceover intro by Shahrukh Khan, which is interesting only in that Shahid Kapoor's acting style has been compared by film critics to that of Shahrukh Khan's (me, I don't know that I see it). There are some good bits about this film. I've already mentioned Kapoor's positive contribution, but other highlights feature several nice buddy moments between Kapoor and Vishal Malhotra (who plays Hiten, Raj's sometimes befuddled but loyal best friend) and the not-on-screen-enough Juhi Chawla as the oddball oracle with that very cool name: Haseena Bano Jaan. There are four musical numbers (and one more during the closing credits), and two of them are worth mentioning: the hip nightclubber "Aai Paapi (Tu Hai Meri Soniye)" and the sweet, croony track "Is This Love (Kahin Na Laage)." The bhangra-charged "Soniye Ve (Dhak Dhak Dhak)" is decent enough but sounds much too much like others of its type.

KISMAT KONNECTION runs (and sometimes plods) at 2 hours and 31 minutes, which has a grinding down effect, shackled as it is with shopworn storytelling. I like Shahid Kapoor and it's always neat to see Juhi Chawla, but, to me, this lightweight romantic comedy rates a 3 (okay, maybe 3.5) out of 5 stars. Not a bad flick, with some good moments, but I was expecting more.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Worth Watching, October 26, 2009

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Jennifer Hopfinger "bollywoodticket" (Chicago, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kismat Konnection - DVD (DVD)

Actor Shahid Kapoor followed up his acclaimed hit 'Jab We Met' (2007) with another romantic comedy that's funnier but lacks the emotional zing of his preceding picture. Kapoor's character, Raj, was a popular overachiever in school and voted most likely to succeed by his classmates, but five years after graduation, he's failed to take the world by storm because he's plagued with bad luck. Everything that could possibly go wrong for him does--until he meets Priya (played by Vidya Balan), and his fortune starts to change. He doesn't realize the connection at first because she seems like another source of problems for him, but their confrontations keep inadvertently advancing his career as an architect. There's little sense of underlying attraction in their prickly interactions, and when he catches on that she's his lucky charm and falls in love with her, it isn't convincing. Kapoor can always pull off the pining lover, but there's no magnetism between the leads. Still, it's a charming story about surrendering to the whims of fate. - The Bollywood Ticket: The American guide to Indian movies (Subscribe: The Bollywood Ticket)

2.0 out of 5 stars Love-Human Face-Big Business!, February 12, 2011

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SANJEEV HASTIMAL SANDH (Mumbai, INDIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kismat Konnection - DVD (DVD)

This movie moves at a leisurely pace. The acting is average across the board, including that of Om Puri. It was delightful to see Boman Irani towards the end of the movie.

The story is located in Canada (Toronto). Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor) is a clientless independent Architect, who manages to get a prospect interested in what turns out to be a dog house project. Then, a "ten dollar" Crystal Grazer (Juhi Chawla) reveals that a lucky charm is imminent. Enter Priya (Vidya Balan), the lucky charm. Shahid's career starts to take off. In one of his "make or break" project proposals, there is talk of giving a human face to Big Business. There is also a Good Samaritan, a "waving friend".

The story is a delightful, goodie - goodie, Bollywood love story, with no villainy or harshness. And, it has an happy ending. However, the songs are nondescript.

You are not missing anything if you miss this movie.